Never recieved a water bill

matelodave

macman wrote: »

Because it's basic common sense? The utility suppliers are not psychic, so they have no idea when people move in or out of a property unless you tell them. If you don't, you get yourself in a situation such as you are now in.
You can google for your supplier much quicker than you took to trawl through the various sites mentioned. Or post the first part of your postcode and someone will tell you-there are not that many to choose from.

Agree with the above. Who did you think was going to tell them?

Jonny88

Who's supposed to tell me to pay the water bill if I never received one... Common sense has nothing to do with it, I'm just asking where you got this information about whose responsibility it is.

Cardew

Jonny88 wrote: »

Who's supposed to tell me to pay the water bill if I never received one... Common sense has nothing to do with it, I'm just asking where you got this information about whose responsibility it is.

How do you think 20 million other households get to pay their water bills?

If they don't inform the water company they have occupied the property, do you think that absolves them from paying?

As you said in an earlier post:

The question was about back billing yes, if it was limited to 12 months then lucky me,

That says it all!

samsmoot

Jonny88 wrote: »

Who's supposed to tell me to pay the water bill if I never received one... Common sense has nothing to do with it, I'm just asking where you got this information about whose responsibility it is.

No bill = no obligation to pay. You currently have no responsibilities whatsoever - only a liability in civil law if they catch up with you.


Accusations of you being 'technically guilty of theft' from one of our more ̶s̶e̶n̶i̶l̶e̶ senior members should be disregarded.

matelodave

samsmoot wrote: »

No bill = no obligation to pay. You currently have no responsibilities whatsoever - only a liability in civil law if they catch up with you.

Isn't that a bit like going into a garage to fill up your car and then driving off because the cashier didn't come out and give you a bill?

That's generally considered to be theft. Or is it different with water gas or leccy?

samsmoot

matelodave wrote: »

Isn't that a bit like going into a garage to fill up your car and then driving off because the cashier didn't come out and give you a bill?

A little bit.

matelodave wrote: »

That's generally considered to be theft. Or is it different with water gas or leccy?

Yes - different with water, bot not the others.

matelodave

May I enquire why water is different?

samsmoot

It's different because using gas or electric without saying so is an offence, whereas with water there is no such offence.

giraffe69

The water company haven't yet caught up with you and you (reasonably) thought that they might for a while. You can continue on the course of not informing them but then you better put some money aside for the fateful day.
I can't quite work out why you don't just tell them.

GingerBob_3

matelodave wrote: »

May I enquire why water is different?

I can believe this. It could be something to do with the fact that you don't have a contract with the water company and there are not T&Cs concerning your supply.